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Kenneth Noronha Dropping out to become an investor
18 February 2017 | 39 replies

Hi BP,I wanted to get your opinion on something that's been bugging me for a while now. First off, I'm 18 (turning 19 in a month) and I'm in my first year at McMaster in Hamilton in the engineering program. At the beg...

Jamie Fankhauser What book has helped you the most? and why?
10 February 2021 | 96 replies

Whether it be REI, Personal development, leadership, mindset, etc. - what book has impacted you in a major way and why? Looking to add some recommendations to my reading list!

Chris Kim Fed up and angry
28 September 2014 | 53 replies

So I've been marketing for at least 2 months now. Sent out about 100 hand written yellow letters, not a single response. Put out about 40 bandit signs. Got 1 call from it with from a homeowner asking for 50k more than...

Anthony Sigala Is the 1% rule dead in Arizona?
20 January 2025 | 31 replies

We are all aware of the 1% rule--the gross rent produced by a property must equal 1% of the of the property's acquisition cost. The question being, does this still hold true for Arizona? If not, what metric do you guy...

Adriel Hsu How I Made 12 Deadly Mistakes & Still Broke Even on my First Deal
13 February 2022 | 146 replies

My First Deal and the 12 Deadly Mistakes I MadeThe quick and dirty numbers: Purchase Price: $17,307Purchase Closing Costs: $2000Rehab Costs: $80,748Roof: $6538Foundation: $3000Handyman Labor: $19,284Dumpster: $4378Ele...

Abraham Anderson $1,300,000 Deal at Age 21 & I'm Retired!
24 November 2021 | 525 replies

Yesterday (7/31) I closed on a $1.3M, 20 unit apartment deal that's going to net me a passive, positive cashflow of $3,000/month. This is after ALL expenses (PITI, PM fees, repairs, vacancy, capex fund, etc). My perso...

Alex Applebee My first flip at 26, a woman, ZERO construction skills.
29 July 2016 | 337 replies

I closed escrow on the sale of my very first flip back in January. Craziness of life got in the way and I never got around to posting about it here. However, I figured it was time. I SERIOUSLY credit BP for some of th...

Alex Jones What is your “Why” for Real Estate investing ?
1 June 2019 | 146 replies

My “why” for started in this business is to financially support my daughter college tuition, room and board plus books and other expenses associate with college. Later expands to annual cruise travels and vacation hou...

Rob C. Hard Knock #1
9 December 2012 | 33 replies

My first attempted deal in REI turned into a bust yesterday as the seller failed to perform. I'm hoping to field some advice from the biggerpockets crowd on how to handle this situation. It's a bit of a long post (sor...

Alton Williams You Never Forget Your First
13 April 2015 | 47 replies

I was just thinking about the first deal I did a couple of years ago and how it came together.

It was an investor that had bought about 40 homes back in like 2010 and never paid taxes on any of them so it was...